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How critical is the antenna setup and how far away are you from the broadcast stations? I'm trying to determine if one needs a huge long yagi antenna pointing at the transmitting towers or if even an indoor antenna will be sufficient if you're not too far away from the broadcast source. With the HDTV broadcast, do you either have the signal or not - or is there an inbetween with fading picture quality?
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Abe,At 20 miles line of sight, you're looking at a $15 Radio Shack indoor antenna for perfect reception of all your area OTA DTV. Give it a shot - you can always return the tuner and the antenna if things don't work out.
Austin
...but thanks for sharing your real-world experiences. If I do get an HDTV tuner, I won't expect too much.
Don’t be discouraged. As more HDTV stations come on line and hopefully ramp up their signal this will only improve. And those that I do get are stunning, particularly the 5.1 through 5 Magnepans!
I'm less than 20 miles line of sight to the transmitting towers so I might get away with less than a "huge long yagi". Perhaps a smaller yagi in the back yard will do the trick and not upset the home owner's association busy bodies. ;-)The HDTV tuner and antenna might be a fun project for me later this summer.
I have a Dish Network 6000. I get two or three HD channels off Dish and my huge yagi antenna only gets a few off-air channels - if I'm lucky. I'm 45 miles from Atlanta and the results are terrible. The picture breaks up off and on for no reason.Frankly I never learn. I always jump into early apoption when I should wait.
Abe,
I’m using a second generation HDTV tuner (Zenith HD-SAT520) and while this unit is significantly better in pulling in signals than the original units I find they are still quite sensitive. I am located equidistant from NY and Philadelphia (~30 miles) on a small mountain with no obstructions between either city. I started with a small roof mounted “HDTV” antenna and got very poor results. I switched to a “huge long yagi antenna” and found that I still needed a rotor to zero in on the transmitters. A deviation of only a few degrees will result in complete loss of the digital signal. Hope this is helpful.
Dan
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